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The official website for the City of Bayonne, New JerseyTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:23:35 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Water Line Insurance Coveragehttp://www.bayonnenj.org/2015/02/24/6192/
http://www.bayonnenj.org/2015/02/24/6192/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 21:52:59 +0000http://www.bayonnenj.org/?p=6192Please click through to the post to read an important press release concerning “Water line insurance coverage” from the Executive Director of the Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority.

Many of you have received a solicitation from a company called American Water Resources offering insurance coverage for water line protection. The solicitation may have come in an envelope or mailing designed to look like a United Water Bayonne water and sewer bill, but it is not a bill, it’s just marketing material.

The preliminary rate, $70.62 annually or $5.89 monthly, is quite likely to be adjusted upward depending on several factors, such as those listed below, making it difficult or impossible to know what the actual cost would be.

The age of the water system infrastructure.

The condition of the water system infrastructure.

The underlying geology of the local in question.

Also, please understand that this price ($70.62 annually or $5.89 monthly) does not include your sewer line.

All property owners in Bayonne have both water and a sewer line. This insurance would leave your sewer line unprotected; although for an additional sum of money they will insure your sewer line as well.

It is a fact, however, that all home and property owners have a responsibility for maintenance and repair of their water and sewer lines. The pipe from your home or business to its connection at the water or sewer mainline, where your pipe connects to the city mainline, is called your water or sewer service lateral; and you buy it along with your roof and front door. Maintenance of these lines is the responsibility of the property owner, not the City and not United Water.

This type of repair may cost thousands of dollars to fix once a leak is identified. Also, once a leak is identified, it can frequently cause additional damage the longer the leak is left unrepaired. This accumulating or mounting damage may sometimes cause the City or United Water Bayonne to shut off service to a property, until such time as the repair can be made. This would be done to avoid sink holes or other damage on a larger scale.

(Bayonne, NJ) – Mayor Jimmy Davis today announced that the City of Bayonne’s Community Center located at 597 Broadway will be open as a warming center throughout the President’s Day Holiday weekend.

“We usually only stay open for a day or two,” Mayor Davis said regarding the opening of the City’s warming center. “Because the forecast is calling for bitter temperatures and extremely low wind-chills for an extended period of time we are staying open throughout the entire weekend.”

597 Broadway will be open beginning on Friday, February 13th at 9pm through Tuesday, February 17th at 8:30am (marking the resumption of regular Community Center activities).

“Our Department of Municipal Services provides this necessary service for those in need of relief in these types of extreme circumstances,” concluded Davis.

]]>http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/12/30/bayonne-bridge-winter-2014-newsletter-update/feed/0Three Children Win Contest To Design Bayonne Christmas Cardshttp://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/12/17/three-children-win-contest-to-design-bayonne-christmas-cards/
http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/12/17/three-children-win-contest-to-design-bayonne-christmas-cards/#commentsWed, 17 Dec 2014 21:25:10 +0000http://www.bayonnenj.org/?p=5706Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that three Bayonne students have won the first annual Bayonne Christmas card design contest. The competition was open to third, fourth, and fifth graders in the Bayonne public schools. Mayor Davis said, “It was wonderful to see the response of our students to this first annual card design contest. I would like to thank all of the student artists and their art teachers. I would also like to thank the Bayonne Community Development Program for organizing the contest, and Community Consultants, LLC for sponsoring it.”

The Bayonne Community Development Program issued the request for submissions in October, in cooperation with Tim Craig, Director of Art, Music, and Drama for the Bayonne Board of Education. According to Community Development administrator Samantha Howard, the response was “amazing.” Ms. Howard called the students’ artistic efforts “an investment in the community.” Most students submitted their entries through their schools. Some enthusiastic students dropped off their submissions in person at City Hall. The artistic entries were judged by a panel of six City Hall employees.

The first place winner is Steven Tanuos, age 10, a student in Grade 5 at Nicholas Oresko School. His artwork is entitled “Fun in Winter.” Steven’s Art Teacher is Mrs. Melissa Maiorano. Steven is receiving a $100 gift card. His “Fun in Winter” is the art that appears on Mayor Jimmy Davis’s Christmas card.

The second place winner is Julie Makram, age 9, a student in Grade 4 at Woodrow Wilson School. Her artwork is entitled “Comfort in Isolation.” Julie’s Art Teacher is Ms. Jo-Ann Plantamura. Julie is receiving a $75 gift card. Her “Comfort in Isolation” graces the cover of the City Council’s Christmas card.

The third place winner is Alexandra (Sasha) Nozhenko, age 9, a student in Grade 3 at Nicholas Oresko School. Her artwork is entitled “I Love Winter.” Sasha’s Art Teacher is Mrs. Melissa Maiorano. Sasha is receiving a $50 gift card. Her “I Love Winter” illustrates the Community Development Program’s Christmas card.

Each winning card includes the student artist’s name, the title of the artwork, and a credit for Community Consultants, LLC, the contest sponsor.

The Bergen Point Fall Festival will take place on Saturday, October 18, from 12 noon to 5PM. Please click through for more information.

]]>http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/09/19/bergen-point-fall-festival/feed/0DAVIS: Teachers Union President Rejects 5-Year Deal with Money Added to the Contract; Deal Puts Money in Teachers Pockets at Zero Tax Increasehttp://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/08/28/davis-teachers-union-president-rejects-5-year-deal-with-money-added-to-the-contract-deal-puts-money-in-teachers-pockets-at-zero-tax-increase/
http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/08/28/davis-teachers-union-president-rejects-5-year-deal-with-money-added-to-the-contract-deal-puts-money-in-teachers-pockets-at-zero-tax-increase/#commentsThu, 28 Aug 2014 17:47:17 +0000http://www.bayonnenj.org/?p=5059(BAYONNE, NJ) – After days of negotiations between the teachers union and the board of education, Mayor Jimmy Davis announced today that Alan D’Angelo, Bayonne Teacher’s Education Association president, has rejected a five-year contract with $1.5 million of new dollars in incentives for teachers.

“My administration worked with the board of education to find additional funding and, as a result, they offered the teachers union president a five-year contact with new money and new incentives for teachers and he’s outright rejected it,” said Mayor Jimmy Davis. “We’ve moved the needle on money for teachers and the term of the contract and the union president is telling us ‘no’.”

“We’re less than half a million dollars apart in the negotiation process and the teachers union has left the bargaining table,” said Mayor Davis. “The teachers union president is being completely unreasonable and is putting his own ego above the needs of his members.”

“If the union doesn’t approve this contract, every teachers’ take home pay is going to go down due to increased healthcare costs – but we can prevent that by approving this contract,” said Mayor Davis. “By result, teachers would receive they’re long, overdue retro pay.”

Under the agreement terms proposed by the board of education teachers would receive the following:

A five-year contract

Four years of retroactive pay, providing teachers with retroactive paychecks in their first paycheck of the school year

A 10-percent increase over the five year period

Each teacher moves up in their original steps for year two thru five, i.e., if you were on step 10, you would begin the school year on step 14.

“This proposed agreement puts money in teachers pockets while protecting taxpayers,” said Mayor Davis. “That’s the type of leadership we have brought to the bargaining table.”

]]>http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/08/28/davis-teachers-union-president-rejects-5-year-deal-with-money-added-to-the-contract-deal-puts-money-in-teachers-pockets-at-zero-tax-increase/feed/0Farmers’ Market Todayhttp://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/08/26/farmers-market-today/
http://www.bayonnenj.org/2014/08/26/farmers-market-today/#commentsTue, 26 Aug 2014 17:16:41 +0000http://www.bayonnenj.org/?p=5054Mayor James Davis announced that the Bayonne Farmers’ Market will be open today, Tuesday, August 26, from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. It will continue until October 28, rain or shine. The market is held in the parking lot at West 23rd Street and DelMonte Drive, next to Mini Golf.

Mayor Davis said, “The City of Bayonne and the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone are happy to bring farmers’ produce and other farmers’ market merchandise to our community for the 2014 season. We are proud to provide Bayonne consumers with even more opportunities to purchase the produce that made New Jersey the Garden State. Please enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables, and other wares prepared by our local farmers and vendors.”